coppice
verb /ˈkɒpɪs/
/ˈkɑːpɪs/
[transitive, intransitive] (specialist)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they coppice | /ˈkɒpɪs/ /ˈkɑːpɪs/ |
| he / she / it coppices | /ˈkɒpɪsɪz/ /ˈkɑːpɪsɪz/ |
| past simple coppiced | /ˈkɒpɪst/ /ˈkɑːpɪst/ |
| past participle coppiced | /ˈkɒpɪst/ /ˈkɑːpɪst/ |
| -ing form coppicing | /ˈkɒpɪsɪŋ/ /ˈkɑːpɪsɪŋ/ |
- coppice (something) to cut back young trees in order to make them grow fasterWord Originlate Middle English: from Old French copeiz, based on medieval Latin colpus ‘a blow’ from Greek kolaphos ‘blow with the fist’. Compare with copse.